Eclectic Extras - Truly Different & Off the Wall Events

OK... there's some events even we don't know how to categorize... there are fun and a different way to celebrate Halloween.... or follow the real thing.

Please suggest events for this category including I'm looking for information events from "real" para-phyc groups.

Toluca Lake Halloween Stuntacular

 Stuntacular is a theme park caliber live-action stunt entertainment show with over 50 professional stunt men and women thrill, chill and take a spill for the delight of local families and for the benefit of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles.  The 25 minute live-action stunt show, which will run approximately four times over the course of the evening, is a full-scale production with lights, music and costumes.  The plot is kid-friendly and fun for all ages, featuring memorable characters and superheroes from movies, television and comic books.

A local Make-A-Wish child will also be featured in each performance and will have an opportunity to rehearse with the cast and play a very special role.

Stuntacular is  a “comedic stunty spoof” of kids’ favorite characters of past years.  The audience will enjoy “tricks and treats” such as High Falls, Martial Art Stunt Fighting, Theatrical Sword Fighting, Slides for Life, Repels, Ratchets (where a person gets jerked back by a wire) and air rams (a catapult system based on compressed air).

This year, Stuntacular has teamed up with the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles to make the show “for kids to help kids.”  As an extra special “treat” for the children, each Stuntacular performance will feature a Make-A-Wish child, allowing them the chance to perform on stage with the stunt professionals. 

A Faery Hunt

    In this interactive play, the children are apart of the action as the faeries take the children on a quest for the Faery Queen. For ages 2-10 and the young at heart.  Most children come in costume.  This is purrrrrfect for Halloween, even though we try not to be scary.

Haunted Fullerton Walking Tours

  "Did you know Fullerton is one of the most haunted cities around? Ghosts are lurking at every corner. Take this 2 1/2 tour and find out what businesses have pots and pans flying around after hours, what famous deceased Fullertonian makes an “appearance” now and then, and where the spirits like to have a beer or two. "  Note: the tour involves approximately 1.5 miles of walking including stairs.   Participants should wear comfortable walking shoes and bring a sense of humor with them.
 

Want more tours of haunted places?  Check out Haunted Wheels.

L'absinthe, c'est la mort - At Hollywood Forever Cemetery

 The Valentino Wormwood Society hosts a night of absinthe tasting, music & bizarre visual art. With obscure, naughty and lovely music from Janet Klein and a special magic lantern show, featuring Masonic imagery. Plus the heart of the evening, Absinthe.

Underwater Jacques-O-Lantern Carving Contest

 Yup, seriously.  Carve a pumpkin  under water!  Lots of fun and help clean up Two Harbors, Catalina.

Two Harbors Underwater Cleanup. Meal, raffle, prizes.   "Join us for an end of the summer clean-up dive at Two Harbors. Prizes awarded for outrageous categories. This fun fund raising event is in support of the Catalina Island Hyperbaric Chamber located at Big Fisherman's Cove" 

Lucha va Voom 13 - Halloween

   Sexo y Violencia!  Mexican masked wrestling in an over the top show.  Return of the Chupacabra!  Goats and children beware.   Yup, watch wresting at Spook-tacular striptease, burlesque dancing.  Bone-crunching comedians.

Inspired by the original lunchadores, with lots of campy silliness for an adult only audience. Comedy commentary though the show. 

HPPortkey Halloween Feast - Harry Potter

 Harry Potter fans join together to enjoy an evening of great food, dancing,  music, auctions, raffles and more with other fans.  Vendor list includes Whimsic Alley

Family Trick or Treat Magic Show

 Magic "Trick Trickery" just inches from under your nose! Bring the whole family out for this festive family show!   

Curtis Lovell buried alive on Halloween

 International escape artist Curtis Lovell II will attempt to escape from being buried alive on Halloween evening at 6:15 p.m. in the City of Grand Terrace, California, at Pico Park as part of its Halloween Haunt Extraordinaire.

Kinetic Theory Circus Arts Halloween Carnival & Creatures of the Night Cabaret

 Kinetic Theory Circus Arts, LA’s only circus theatre training program, invites you to a one-of-a-kind Halloween experience! Goblins and ghouls of all ages can get into the Halloween spirit at KT’s Halloween Carnival and enjoy “spooktacular” circus acts. After dark, those who are not faint of heart will be  horrified and tantalized at the Creatures of the Night Cabaret.

The evening includes a haunted tour, interactive performances and, of course, a circus cabaret featuring Kinetic Theory’s own troupe of up and coming acrobats, contortionists and aerialists.

Escape Reality - Magicopolis

  Magic is fun anytime... but more enchanting at Halloween. Magic and comedy sketches from Magician Steven Spill and his wife, Bozena. Dangerous escapes, Houdini style.

Two hour evening stores geared towards adults, 1 1/2 hour matinee geared towards family.

An Evening of Experimental Middle Eastern Dance

 An Evening of Experimental Middle Eastern Dance's purpose is to create a space for Middle Eastern dancers and belly dancers to perform their controversial works. The concert consists of vignettes that are constructed, choreographed, and performed by a variety of dancers. The pieces, based in the Middle Eastern dance idiom, make present borders, edges, and standard representations visible by pushing past them. They also bring to light the often covered-up and neglected issues of gender roles, cultural appropriation, the ambiguity of eroticism and sexuality, the role of the audience, and stereotyping.

Da Graveyard....

Stuff that we can't get current info on, or has been canceled...

Dark Shadows 40th Anniversary Haunted Halloween Party

 Join the stars of Dark Shadows for a night of spooky fun .  Meet the Dark Shadows stars in person and celebrate Halloween all in one night!  In keeping with the Halloween theme, a first-ever Barnabas Collins Look-alike Contest will be held.

Dance Macabre

  Malice Dreaming Productions is proud to present: Dance Macabre..  annual horror themed theatrical dance show, in case you're just not ready for Halloween to be over yet... Due to popular demand, the show runs 2 nights....2 chances to catch the spellbinding dance-dreamery of some of the most innovative belly dancers in California.  28 performers total, and the show is 18 vignettes.   Full bar.

Annual Morbid Mystique Beauty Pageant

??? "Did you ever want to be in a pageant where you could be rewarded for being able to wail a horror movie scream?   for black lipstick? unique use of safety pins?  ...   It's dark, the music is hot, and the fashion is deadly.  That's right, this is Miss Morbid Mystique. "

This is not your normal beauty pageant. Miss Understood Royalty (Goth/Punk/Dark ensemble),  Miss Bewitching Princess (fairly/pixy/witch ensemble),  Miss Gothic Queen (best medieval costume), For males: best Goth/Punk Dark ensemble, Medieval Lord.  Extras for all: Blood Curdling Screen (best horror movie scream), Crypt Keeper (best told 3 minute Ghost story), Miss Broken Mirror (most unique, best Morbid Princess look, not ghoul).

Besides the chilling competition, there is a Hypnotics show on Friday.  Saturday evening a masquerade ball and Sunday morning the pumpkins carving is judged.

Categories for Teen girl (13-15), Miss (16-21), Male (13-21).  Pageant pre-registration deadline: October 1, 2005.  Top winner gets $200 gift certificate to Hot Topic.  These events run in the evening while Star Quest USA runs their regular talent pageants.

Walking Ghost Tour - Old Town Orange

** Canceled **Join Diane Melvin, founder of the San Gabriel Valley Paranormal Researchers, as she takes you on a walking ghost tour through haunted hot spots in Old Town Orange.  The tour will start at the Victorian Manor Tea Room which is said to be one of the most haunted spots in Orange.  From there, Diane will lead the group on an authentic ghost hunt to various landmarks where ghosts have been sighted.

Cameras and equipment welcome.  Tour will not take place if raining.

Head over to Boo News for more sources for even more events.

Looking for more eclectic events, check out Wheels and Haunts.

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